Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-30
THE C0R0NET. VICTORIOUS.
crauhic Account Of the Great Yacht
Race Across the Atlantic.
rh. Coronet Reaches Queenstown Vic
torious-ROugh Weather.

,ulI nress of canvas, the wind at that hou
inc the given line, Reaches Point, the vic
torious yacht fired five guns, and the tim
wos at once taken by the Secretary an,
members OF the Royal Cork Yacht Club
Who had been on the lookout for her arriv
a, The club then hoisted the signal an
nouucir g the Coronet's arrival, the varioul
statons answering with pennants. TIL,
wind was blowing hard and the Corone
entered Cork Harbor in spanking style
with all sails set and hugging the western
sbore. From the start to the finish the
Goronet experienced strong gales, with tire
n,endous seas. On Tuesday and Wednes
dav last she hove to for several hours each
day, and made only ninety miles in forty
EIGHT hours. Her average run during the
passage varied from two hundred and
thirty to two hundred and fifty miles a
day.
QUEENSTOWN, March 27.-The Coronet
arrived at 12:41 this afternoon. The ap
parent time occupied in the passage was
IA days, 23 hours, "a minutes and 46 sec.
onds. Actual time, computed on Green
wich basis. IA days, 19 hours, 3 minute 6
and IA seconds. Whole number nautical
miles sailed is 2,949. Longest days run is
POI 5 mics, made on Saturday, March 26,
and the shortest 3S.S miles, made on Tues
day, March %. The weather was uncom-
monty st tormy, even for this season of the
year. No less than seven
HEAVY GALES CONTRIBUTED
to keep the sea in fonent for eleven days
! Of the trip and for two days the weather
was so severe as to make the question of
the yacht living through them somewhat
doubtful. She behave splendidIy, however,
in all sorts of weather and proved herself
one OF the staunchest, if not one of the
fastest vessels Of her size afloat. No acci-
dents happened to any OF the sailors. De.
spite the great risks they were compelled to
undertake at times, with the exception of
three torn sails and little broken tackle,
everything on board was in as good shape
when the anchor was dropped off Queens.
town as when it was raised off Tompkins-
VILE Staten Island. 1t is sthought that q
MUCH QUICKER PASSAGE
might have been made had Captain Crosby
carried more sail. On several occasions,
when the wind was light, but the sky
threatening he was very cautious and his |
Judgment was controlled largely by the |
barometer, which was much of the time be- |
low twenty-nine and seldom above thirty, |
nominal height. In the latitude traversed,
the course was made little more northerly |
than it was thought safe, but fortunately |
no icebergs or field ice were encountered.
The number OF persons on board the Coro-
net was twenty-nine, including sixteen
sailors, five officers steward, cook, mess
boy and five guests. The officers we're
Capt C. P. Crosby, Navigator T. B. C.
Anderson, Mates W. A. Whittier and Otto
Peterson, Buatswain Augustus BerghOlm.
The advantage gained by the Coronet in i
the start increased the confidence OF those
on board in both the boat and the skip
per. 1t was the first time that Capt.
Crosby ever participated in yacht race
Of any sort He freely admitted
HE FEARED CAPTAIN sAMUELs,
ofthe Dauntiess, with his past experience,
would succeed in crossing the starting line
somewhat ahead. How needless these ap-
pIehensions were is already known. It is
rot too much to say that in his maneuver-
ing he
DISPLAYED MORE JUDGMENT
and tact than is usually seen in races near
New York. After taking anchor on board
at II O'Clock on the morning of the start
be beat about the bay off Owls Head sur
veylDg the water and verifying the position I
OF buoys seventeen and nineteen, between ,
which she must pass. After the proper sig {
uS, l
and when the preparatory signal was '
given the Coronet was making for Reach {
up Bay with her head toward the Battery.
Crosby held the wheel, and by his side !
was Captain Anderson with a watch in {
hand, counting the seconds. Seven min =
utes from the time OF the first signal, Cros- {
by ordered the helm "hard-aport" to bring '
the boats head around. She was under '
30 seconds in stays and then fairly flew be- g
lore the strong northerly wind. As it had t
been arranged that the starting signal
would be given ten minutes after the pre- .
Daratory signal, it seemed probable that !
The Coronet would reach the line fully a ,
minute before the time for second signal, :
when it would be necessary to go about :
lgain, thus causing considerable loss Of :
line. Crosby was
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY, |,
however. When he realized what was
imminent, he spilled the wind ont OF the !
big schooner almost to stand still When Z
the signal was finally given to let out the ,
sheets fore and aft, ran up the square t
sail, fore stay sail and top sails and in 80 q
seconds he had the COronet across the line. r
The Dauntless. it will be rememb bered, was t
'h Gowanus nearly a mile away, with her '
stern towards the Judges boat. v
EVERY POSSIBLE STITCH OF CANVASS
vas spread on the Coronet as she sped =
through the Narrows at the rate of thir- =
teen miles an hour, surrounded by tugs, 4
steamers and steam yachts. Once or twice,
when under the lee of the high land, it s
seemed as though her opponent was gaining q
ner lost ground rapidly, but when the wind =
1lled the sails again she left the Dauntless a
urther astern than at the start. The tor =
uous swash channel having been followed !
10 the ocean, Sandy Hook Light House bore y
vest by south, and the open sea portion OF r
me trip began. The trip laid was east by
'outh, The sky was clear and the breeze, y
which had veered around to the northwest, !,
vas freshened. When the excursion boat
Bay Ridge, which was the only one OF the
leet OF steamers to accompany the racing :,
'achts as far as Sandy Hook light ship, r,
'urned back at 3:4O p. m, the relative po- "
'tlon OF the schooners was nearly the :.
! ame as when they passed through the
>arrows, and they were steering the same .
curse The wind was now greatly in :,
reased,
HEAVY SEA RUNNING ABEAM. b
Balloon and sky sails and top sails on n
'oth boats were taken in about the same b
moment. Then the Dauntless dropped W
stern rap dy and at O'Clock was hull
'own six miles away. She had changed Il;
,er course to the southeast and just before al
'arkness set in only her top masts were a,
's'ble The first Sunday was marked as a.
we're seven OF the succeeding days by q =,
aIe q. which came from the northeast soon =,
,her . midnight. Although fairly moderate. n
:, was accompanied by strong head sea r
,nich made the yacht labor heavily. The W
,aVes frequently broke over her bows, but o,
ne rode it out well under close reefed, fore n
s .la main sails and jib and averaged ten h
ra rlfs an hour, on the course Throughout. q
nus early, were
SEAGOING QUALITIES IA
u :, 'he Coronet tried and she proved herself ia
,uoyant as n cork, and recovering quickly te
,o''' 'o" aided weight caused by shipping on a in
,easy cargo of water on her decks, she se
.ouid id meet and mount the next wave as tt
IT, Icy ard gracefully rs a swan. The only bl
'b%niase ba she sustained was the parting OF c.
,e ~ IRON twin buckle OF the starboard bob ~
,, ,o.t, rms was quickly replaced with a II
,otple ,,t block tackle. To the five fresh al
,a,o ,%ter sailors who had taken passage in the E
"on ,o,u The movements OF the yacht seemed m
tne~hat trai erratic, and all but one had p'
him .ed ." over deep water enough to entitle g.